HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080611990
Bassin de Rio das Mortes
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Novo São Joaquim, Poxoréu
Sub-basin area
63,6km²
Upstream area
12 245,2km²
Discharge
264,18m³/s
Mean elev.
530m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Santo Antônio1935 km²
- Bassin de Rio das Mortes1049 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 41.0 km²64.7% of basin
- 22.4 km²35.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Sangradouro/Volta Grande
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
21.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 814mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,00
Runoff
698mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 286mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
123cm
Forest
35%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)